A Day off for Me, Half Day for Bill

The Ridge

On Friday, Aug. 21st it was a cool start again. What's with the single digits already? Well, it is late in the month, and fall is around a few corners. At least, the day warms up quickly enough. Bill left around 7:45 to walk down and meet Billy for his ride.

Good morning!
The clouds moved in for a while
this morning

Gibbs and I just hung loose here inside. I did slip out for the routine Moonflower picture. The rest of the morning was finishing my Christmas card and starting on an Easter one. It's fun having something to work toward, with ideas to start with.

2 Moonflowers in two gardens.
Look at the new buds in the left picture.

I stopped for lunch and it had warmed up considerably outside so Gibbs and I went out and puttered around. I checked the veggies, brought some more tomatoes and a banana pepper indoors and watered them. 

Love these clouds from my
craft window.

For lunch, I just had 2 fried eggs with some meat and cheese but it was too much. One egg is plenty, I don't know what I was thinking. 🤭 I took my book and read until Bill got home just before 2. Nice short day for a Friday. The sun was hot so I sat with my chair mostly shaded and it was perfect.

My Christmas card entry

Bill changed into shorts and he and Gibbs had their snooze in the shaded hammock. It was a perfect day for it with a nice breeze. My book is getting harder to put down but when Bill came in for a shower at 3:15, I came in to make a tea and to make a rhubarb sauce for my loaf. It is too crumbly to slice.

One egg would have been quite enough.

We got dressed for a bike ride and hopped on Jazz to go into town. First, we stopped to see if Robin and Andrew were working on their bnb and then carried on to Catch the Ace for 5 o'clock. We missed Robin but chatted a bit with Andrew and their worker, Gary.

My boys in the hammock.
It didn't take them long to drop off.
Gibbs loves the hammock.

It was a nice ride into town and although it was a no 'big' win again tonight (yay) a Durham resident won $538. Nice take home! Bill and I returned home for a Mexican meal of tacos and they hit the spot. I felt quite hungry. 

Tacos, as tasty and messy as ever!
🤭

I reheated the sauce I made (although it was really thick) and we had that on the crumbly, but moist loaf for dessert. It was good too. After dishes were taken care of, Bill went up to watch a movie and I worked on my blog post. I'll find a program of some sort to watch until bedtime.

And an equally messy dessert.
Rhubarb loaf with rhubarb sauce
and mine had added cream.
Yum.

We have been using solar for a couple of days without plugging in but with rain in the forecast all weekend, we reconnected with power when we got home. This has been a great day, around 23C/73F at its peak. 

A pretty sunset as Gibbs
can atest to.
Good night folks!

Thank you for stopping by.

Taking It Easy – Being Lazy

The Ridge

On Wednesday, Sept. 4^th I had a day off. Bill was up and, on his way, to work by 7:30, as per his usual. Gibbs and I just took it easy, here at home, as per our usual. 😊

Good morning!

Bill gets his cookies out for his lunch
Gibbs has cookies up there too.
He wastes no time at all hopping up so
Daddy doesn't forget.

When my tea was finished, I did some exercises and then painted my toe nails. I don’t have nice finger nails, at all, but took the time to trim them as best I could. I’ll put a light colour on them on Friday afternoon.

Almost missed this morning's Moonflower

Because the weather is not looking very nice for the day of the wedding, ☹, I am definitely going to need a sweater or jacket or both. It will be indoors if need be, but it will be a late evening and cold at midnight. So, that being said, I got my dress out and shawl to see what else I would need – that didn’t look too out of place. I was happy with the result and rehung it in the closet.

Speaking of closets
This is the before picture.
Notice how many hangers are on the bar.

I ordered these hooks from Amazon

I love the result.
Yes, they hang lower but that's ok.
Look at the number of hangers on the bar.

We’d bought paper towels and Kleenex from Costco so I restocked the overhead cupboards. The balance will go in the Bunky for the winter. Gibbs and I went outside and had some play time together. He runs, I pretend to chase, he rolls in the grass, I rub his tummy – repeat, repeat until he crashes, flat out, nose to the ground and then he gets a drink. ♥

Someone was playful today
Come get me, Mom.

Oh! Did I hear a car?
Nah, so rub my tummy please!

For lunch, I didn’t feel hungry so had the same thing I had for breakfast. Yogourt and a coffee. Well, for brekky it was tea. The coconut oil I use in both fills me until it is tea time mid-afternoon. The older I get, the less of an appetite I have. I worked on the puzzle and Gibbs spent time both inside and outside in the shade. It wasn’t ridiculously hot today, although they were calling for a high of 27C/82F. There was enough of a breeze to keep it pleasant under the clear, sunny skies.

Games over, time to get to work on
securing the Ridge.

Bill was later getting home than usual tonight as he had to take Black Beauty back in for her safety. We knew she needed tire rod ends in order to get her yellow sticker. Just when you get one thing paid off…………..you know. Ouch! It cost a bundle but we do what has to be done. We need a good running truck to pull the Suite. 

From the berm where we played,
the Suite looks lonely

He lit the Weber Q to barbecue the steak I had thawed. We had a baked potato too and today I stuffed 2 Poblano peppers that the Wilson’s gave us. 😊

I love this puzzle

It was delllicious!! We ate llike Kkings and Queens tonight! We cleaned up the dishes, actually jjust lloading them in the dishwasher and Billlll made his llunch. I lleft this paragraph the way it typed and you can see that I am having a problem with my kkeyboard. I’lllll have to callll tomorrow to see what can be done, this is ridiculous! Iff it isn’t one thing, it is another. Sometimes both at the same time. Grrr!

What a great meal topped off with a French Vanilla
Premium ice cream cone. 💓
Good night!

What a great day! I enjoyed just hanging out with Gibbs and crossing things off my list for the upcoming week.

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An Easy Day Hanging at Home

The Ridge

On Friday, June 14^th I came downstairs around 7 to say goodbye to Bill. He was leaving a few minutes early to fuel up in Durham. Ptooties drives about 2 hours daily so she gets thirsty more often than Black Beauty does. Diesel and regular gas are the same price in town right now, at $1.51/litre. He left and Gibbs and I sat while I finished my tea and played my online games. I’ve not started a book yet so that also gets me moving.

Good morning!
This was last night's sky - post storm.
Incredible!

There isn’t a lot going on today so when M called and asked if I could pop over before 10 to help him with something on his phone, I decided to walk over. It was a beautiful morning so with a light hoody and shorts, I enjoyed getting out there. I’ve been so lazy as far as walking. When I left his place, I headed back to the north on Baptist Church Road to the 5^th laneway before turning for home.

This morning's pond view,
you can hardly see it now!

Today was to be cooler than yesterday, with gusty winds off and on. The rain had stopped last night around 8 and the sky cleared. Neither of us like winds like that, they were pretty wild with driving rain from west to east. We watched a movie together last night and it was one of those cutesy ‘feel good’ movies with a couple our age finding each other. ♥ Quite funny too, and, not mushy like some others. 😊 Definitely not Hallmark but nice to sit with my sweetie!

The 3 geese families running to the pond
to get away from little ole me.
As Bill said, they survived the storm. ♥

Gibbs and I spent time together outside and walked down the lane to mail a card. I decided just before noon hour to go into town and pick up some Epsom salts to bathe his foot. We never seem to have any on hand when we need it. When I got around the corner, I saw M was out so pulled in to see if he had any we could borrow. Yay! Saved me a trip into town.

Around the corner is M's patchwork residence.
On the right, is the walk back home on North Line.
Recognize the tree?

Back home, Gibbs let me bathe his foot for 5 minutes and quite liked it in the warm water. It looks better today, mostly because he hasn’t been licking it as much. 😊 

Yummy.

I made a batch of Cheddar Broccoli Soup today for my lunch, or rather Madame IP did that for me. So easy, and by 12:30, I was able to have the first serving. The rest of the day was puzzling, another walk to check the mail box and more puzzling. Bill was home before 5 and came in for a snooze.

Our gate garden is coming along nicely.

I don't know if you can see them in the
top picture, but there were 5 Chippy's eating the bird seed
and chasing each other. 
Bottom picture, Gibbs chased one, where did he go?
Looks like a Pointer rather than a Cockapoo.

Since Gibbs joined him upstairs, I went back out and finished the puzzle. The sun was beautiful today, hot, but when the clouds covered it, it was actually cool. The winds didn’t help but it was still a lovely day. 

I won't complain about our feathered visitors
but holy cow, did they ever empty those feeders fast!

Tadah! One piece missing but such a fun one!

Supper was gooood!

We reached 20C/69F at its peak and a cooler night again. We’re still riding the roller coaster but we’ll be in mid 30’s C/90’s F in a few days. I had a nice quiet day with my little cuddle bum. Thank you to those who were concerned about the storm. It got very windy with strong rains for about 30 minutes but we survived! 💓

My Corral garden on the west side is turning
out nicely too. 
Good night!

Thank you for popping by!

A Nice Easy Saturday, A Quick Trip to Town

Park Place RV Park

On Saturday, Feb. 3^rd Bill, Gibbs and I were all up by 7:15. Of course, Bill was first and stayed up. We knew there would be a temperature change today and although we dropped about 10 degrees, with the winds low and the sky blue and sunny, it was still gorgeous! Gibbs and I went for our walk and Bill headed out for his morning fun. 😊

A lovely morning

No wind today blowing Old Glory

I needed to vacuum, badly, so got it out and did a thorough job upstairs and down. The woodwork up in the hall and bedroom got done too, with the little upholstery brush. Beats dusting sometimes. I was quite warm by the time I finished and opened the outside door to let some heat in. It was only 50F/10C by then but it felt warmer than that. I sat outside and did some more spooling/corking before making a coffee around 10:30.

The grass is growing like crazy in the horseshoe pit

I had it in my head to give up on the horse puzzle, it was too frustrating and not much was being accomplished. Also, what WAS done, there were obviously still some errors (in the sky). I chose another puzzle that I picked up at a sale last month and walked over to put the one away. Susan was there, working on it and had found a few pieces……………well, I sat (forgetting my coffee and craft) and found a couple of pieces of my own. LOL

I needed ground coffee so I thought ths
was worth a try. I have more than 4,
but they didn't have Five Sisters coffee

Bill texted around 11, ‘where are you?’, it probably looked like I’d been kidnapped with a coffee sitting there and a mess of spooling in the lawn chair. 😊 I returned home and we sat outside together until noon. After a sandwich, we took a drive down Main St. to Ken’s Grocery and the K & B store. We weren’t long and were on our way home again.

I gave Gibbs a new bone with cheese inside
so he buried it here under this pile of stones.

He was pleased, dirty nose and all

But then dug it up and moved it near Daddy's plane.
It isn't there anymore either. It is under the Suite
tucked up under stones at the back wheel. What a goof!
 thought he would have liked to eat it!!
Saving it for another day, I guess.♥
I know that is what they do.

Wanting to enjoy the nice day, I sat In the gazebo where it was very comfortable. The sun reaches in there after it leaves our patio. While Bill worked away on a plane, I finished with all the sheet strips that I have on hand. We had a rum and Zero Coke for our Happy Hour and when they were done, moved inside. We had grilled bacon cheeseburgers for supper.

Happy Hour with my sweeties.

Still a clear sky at 5 pm

But the winds had picked up a bit.
See the flag here?

While Bill cooked, Gibbs and I got our walk in. The burgers were delicious, as usual, and the rest of the evening will be another quiet one. It was early enough so I finished my blog before finding a movie that Bill recommended. This has been a good day with very little going on.

Supper and Good night!

Thank you for stopping by.

A Pretty Easy Day, Black Beauty is Home

The Ridge

Wednesday, Aug. 24^th we followed our routine from home. Bill and Gibbs were up early and then back to bed until 6:30 when we took turns getting up. Gibbs was the last to get off the bed, sleepy little bum. I washed, dressed and was on my way to clean the Mat by 7.

I actually got a morning sunrise today
It's quite spectacular too!

Things didn’t quite go as planned, after cleaning, I drove to Foodland for a ‘quick’ stop to get milk. My patience was tested to the max when only one cashier was open and of course I got behind an elderly person (I really tried to grant her space and time) who stretched what should have been 3 minutes to 10 at the minimum. LOL, absolutely no concern for anyone else and no apology from her or the cashier. Grumble over.

My Moon Flower is not done yet!
It loves this location! 💓💓

Back home, Gibbs quietly greeted me at the door and Bill had taken Black Beauty to Grey Bruce Fleet. She would be staying there until Thursday night to get the ball joints done and alignment checked. Billy picked him up on the way to their job site in Durham. Neither of the guys like working for this ‘man’, he is not a pleasant client, but at least they were in town.

I mentioned in an earlier post about making
little gift bags from glass cloths
They are mostly a rectangular shape
so I just stitched with the ribbon around the edges
and pulled it all together to be tied.
At least now they won't get wasted!

I drove to M’s at 9:30 and had a pretty good morning. Some papering/taping, and painting touch ups. I’m not sure where the time went but it seemed to zip by quickly and I was on my way home with $$ in my pocket at 12:30. Today was another warm day of 25C/77F with a slight breeze but with the humidity, it felt more like 31C/88F. I’m not complaining, but I imagine it was hot for Bill and Billy working on soffits and eaves. ☹

Stir fry for lunch

I worked on the puzzle after lunch and Gibbs hung around on his rope outside in the shade. He was good and I tried hard to keep on him when he barked at the neighbours’ and traffic. Actually, he doesn’t bark at cars on the road as much, which is nice. I made good progress on the pieces and when I heard Billy driving up the lane with the work trailer, I did my best to control our little greet monster.

We had a call back from Billy saying that our truck was sitting outside the shop at G.B.F.S. so after a phone call, we went to pick her up. Everything is done with the exception of the alignment. We’ll take care of that another day at a different location. G.B.F.S. doesn’t have the appropriate set up. Back home, I made a cup of tea, even though it was 5 o’clock. Bill and Gibbs had a snooze and we didn’t start supper, fish and chips, until 6:30. Tonight, we’ll try the peach pie. 😊

The puzzle is a great challenge
I'm enjoying it

Supper was very good as fish and chips usually are. It’s nice to be in control of our own cooking, sometimes in a restaurant the fries are never quite to my liking. Our Fry Daddy does them good. ♥ We did have the pie for dessert with whipped topping that I made up while things were cooking. Oh yum, the pie is a no-bake and it tasted fresh and wonderful.

Fish and chips

We loaded the dishwasher and Bill packed his lunch. I hadn’t decided whether I’d go to the Bunky for a few more pieces of puzzle by the time I wrote this so at the very least, I will go and close windows and the door for the night. Gibbs is eating his food better these days. Sometimes with incentives, sometimes without. We aren’t worried about him anymore. He’s getting enough to eat. 😊

A pretty special dessert
and it was delicious
Good night!

This was a good day and we’re sliding towards the end of the week. Thank you for the visit!